Bonjour Mercredi! The month of July saw me focusing almost entirely on Whole 30. We’ll be done with the food reintroductions tomorrow and I’m not sure what I’ll do with myself. I have a recap post coming soon so check for that if it’s something you’re interested in hearing about. BookAntoine Laurain’s newest US release, Smoking Kills, is out! I haven’t read it YET but it’s first up after I read a few advanced copies that have been piling up….
Paris, June 2014 Bonjour Mercredi! It has been a topsy-turvy few months for me. I’m transitioning into not working outside of the house. I hesitate to use the words “homemaker” and “housewife” because the former I don’t like and the latter, well, I feel like it is different today than it was in the mid-20th century. So I’ve been exploring what this new life of mine is going to look like. Mostly, cat nanny. On to the French things this…
Bonjour and happy Wednesday. I spent last week recovering from ECCC and going to even more author events. On Monday I went to see Anne Bishop and Patricia Briggs at the University Bookstore and on Wednesday I went to see Zack Davisson, who did a presentation on the supernatural cats of Japan. This week I had a new book club meeting on Monday and tonight I am going to see Leslye Walton (I know her from The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows…
Bonjour and happy Wednesday. And happy March! Where did February go? That month was pretty uneventful for me and then March kicked off with Emerald City Comic Con and four author events to follow throughout the month. It’s a great month to be into books.BookI am so excited to have made it on to the launch team for Clotilde Dusoulier’s new book, Tasting Paris. It will feature 100 recipes to make me (and you) feel like I am one step…
Bonjour and happy Wednesday! For this WW I am happy to be a part of the blog tour for Brooklyn in Love, the latest book by Amy Thomas. I followed Amy’s blog, God I Love Paris, while she was working there for a few years and I enjoyed reading her first book, Paris, My Sweet. Her blog posts from her time there were short but thoughtful and Paris, My Sweet gave readers a deeper background into her stay in the…
Bonjour! Happy Wednesday and Happy (belated) New Year. With how busy the holidays were I have not put much active thought into the Wednesday Whimsy posts. Now everything is so slow that I’m looking forward a little too much to making a quiche later in the week. Though honestly I’d look forward to that on a busy week too. Book T.V. Show I recently finished the Netflix show Call My Agent (Dix pour cent in France). I kept coming across it…
Bonjour Mercredi et bonjour mes amis. I hope you will enjoy the fun French links I have for you this week. Book This week I’m making two recipes from the French Market Cookbook by Clotilde Dusoulier. I’ve had it for a few years but have only made one or two things from it. This week that will change! I am attempting the butternut squash and celery root soup and Corsican turnovers with winter squash. This will also be my first…
Bonjour mercredi! This week I have one of my most favorite collections of French things to share.Book David Lebovitz’s new book, L’appart, is now out. Read my review here and buy it on Amazon here. If you’re local, he’ll be at Book Larder next week. Links I had no idea that Catacomb mushrooms were a thing. Supposedly starting with horse manure in Napoleon’s time and ending with the construction of the metro. Now we have something new to call button mushrooms *waggles eyebrows* A…
Bonjour and happy Wednesday! I am currently in the air and on my way to Atlanta for a road trip to New Orleans for Nola StoryCon. I get to spend a week in the south eating the best food and enjoying one last chance at summer weather (Seattle has been very disappointing, but then again no one has AC so that’s probably a good thing). I am very excited to be meeting Charlaine Harris and Delilah S. Dawson for the…
Bonjour! Happy Wednesday and Happy September. I’ve spent the past month obsessively reading so I could complete all the squares for the Seattle Public Library’s Summer Book Bingo. It felt pretty good to set a goal for myself and complete it, even if it is something I was going to do anyway. Read with a purpose, I say. Now I’m on to catch up on ARCs on NetGalley. Book One of the final books I read for Summer Book Bingo…